Pumping attachment for hydrant-hose



3.0. WILSON.

Pmping Atta No. 224,370.v

ohmenlt for HydIaHtI-Hose, &o.

PaentedFeb. i0, i880.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.,

BENNET C. WILSON,'OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA.

PUMPING ATTACHMENT FoaHYDRAN'r-Hoss, sto.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 224,370, dated February 10, 1.880.

Application niet; August 7, 1879. A

To all whom tt may concernJ Be it known that I, BENNET C. WILSON, of Philadelphia, in .the county of Philadelphia and State-of Pennsylvania, have invented cer- 5 tain new and useful Improvements in Pumping Attachments for Hydrant-Hose, Ste. and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it pertains to make and use it, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form, part of this specification, in i which- Figure l is a plan of my invention. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal vertical section. Fig. 3 is a horizontal section of the 4box forholding the pump, the latter being in plan; and Fig. 4 is l a detail elevation.

My invention has for its object to provide a simple, cheap, and effective pump attachment for garden or other hose attached to a hydrant or other device which receives its water under pressure, in order that the water passing through said hose may be projected to an increased distance from the branch pipe of the hose.

` My invention accordinglyeonsists of a box4 partitioned ott' to forni two compartments, in each of which is placed a rubber-or other ilexible bulb or ball, which are connectedlto each other at their ends by rubbei` or iiexible tubes. 'To one of the latter is secured a section of a hose having a connection with a hydrant, and to the other is attached another section of hose, in the path of which is placed an additionalrubberbulh, formingan air-chamber, and is provided atits extremity with a branch pipe. Directly over the rubber bulbs, within said box, are flap-valves, hinged to said box, andupon .which the operator stands, and by alternating movements of the feet operates the bulbs to act as eduction and induction valves to give the water passing therethrough' additional force to project itself` to' a greater distance from the branch pipe.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, A is a boX, divided by the partition a into two apartments, a' a", in each of which is placed the flexible or rubber bulbs or balls B B', 5o which have their ends connected by the tubes b b', as shown, said tubes' passing through openings a4 a5 in the partition a. l C is a section ofa hose, attached at one end to a hydrant, D, its-remaining end passing throiigh an opening, a3,.in one'end of the bpx 55 A, and is secured to the tube b' in any suitable manner. C' is another section of a hose, secured at one end tothe tube 1;, and, emerging -from the boX A through the opening a2, lhas in its path 6o a iiexible orrubber bulb, E, formed thereon or attached thereto, and terminates in a screw end, c, to which lis fastened any one of the various forms of'y branch pipes, nozzles, sprinklers,&c. 7 -1 F F' are flap-valves, placed within theapartments a' a directly over and resting upon the bulbs B B. Said valves are hinged at j' f to the box A, and j" f' are stops secured within the chambers a c', for determin- 7o ing the limit of motion of said. valves.

The operation is-.as follows: The pump being attached to the hose and the latter secured to the hydrant, as shown, the force of water is turned on from saidhydrant, the operator 75 taking his position upon the vvalves F F and holding the section C' in the hand. The alter- -natin g movement of the feet upon the valves F F' correspondingly compresses the rubber bulbs B B- and causes them to act asapump 8o to give additional force to the Water owing therethrough, so that it will bei-projected to'a greater distance from the branch pipe, the

'bulbjE in the section C' forming an air-chamber `and providing'for'a continuous flow of 85 water through the branch pipe c.

, It' desired, bellows may be used instead of the rubberbulbs, and in some cases, where great throw-and force is wanted, pistons and i 'l i cylinders may, be substituted therefor and ops-"96 erated as described. So, too, instead of th e hinged valves F F', a pivoted lever may be used, the ,ends .of which impinge ,upon :fighe bulbs, bellows, or pistons, which are the'uoperated By working the ,lever .by altei'fnatingv 95V movement ofthe feet up` and down, seesawfashion. s The advantages of the foregoing are plainly-' f discernible. p y l In watering lgardens or other areasf ground roo a certain degree of pressure,

the additional force given to the water proh4 jects the same over a wider area of space, thereby requiring less length ofhose and avoiding the inconvenience and annoyance of trans porting the pump attachment from place to place,`while`the provision for operatingthe pump by foot-power enables the operator to take the hose in both hands and give undivided attention to effecting the proper distri bution of the Water over the surface o ground which it is desired to operate upon.

It will also be noticed that I dispense with valves for guarding against the reflex How of the Water.

In iny invention suchA valves are not required, as the attachment is designed to be used in connection with a hydrant, or where the intlowing water is always supplied under and as the llapvalves are so adjusted to bear on the rear part or end ot' the bulbs the pressure within and back of said bulbs will always be greater than that exerted by the operator to canse a reflex flow, and the water will necessarily advance toward and go into the air-chamber with the additional force acquired in passing through the bulbs; butif, in any case, the hydran t-pressi ure should be inappreciable, be inserted atthe union of the section C and pipe b,'as shown in Fig. which will prevent any tendency of backward flow of the water.l

What I claim asmy invention is-- 1. The pump-receiving box A, having partition n, apartments e a', operating-valves F F', and stops j" f', for limiting the range of motion of said valves, substantially as shown and described. p

2. The pump composed of flexible or rubber bulbs B B', united at their ends by tubes b b', in combination with the hose-sections C C', the latter being provided with an air-chamber, E, substantially as shown and described.

3. The combination of box A, having one or more apartments a a', valves F F', flexible bulbs B B', hose-sections C C', thelatter being provided with an air-chamber, E, and branch pipe c', substantially as shown and described.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing' l have hereunto set luy hand this 4th day of August, l1879.

I Y BENNET G. WILSON. Witnesses:

J. 1t. MnssnY, FRANK H. MAssnY.

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